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Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program

Legislative History  - 1988

Additional information concerning public laws, if enacted after 1972, may be located at: http://thomas.loc.gov/bss/d110/d110laws.html.


Charitable Assistance and Food Bank Act of 1987
P.L. 100-232, 101 Stat. 1566
Jan. 5, 1988
 

Excluded as income charitable contributions from private nonprofit organizations of $300 a quarter.
 

Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act Amendments of 1987
P.L. 100-241, 101 Stat. 1788
Feb. 3, 1988
 

Excluded as income and resources, for the purpose of determining eligibility for the FSP, cash, stock, partnership interest, land, or interest in a settlement trust if received from a Native Corporation.
 

Housing and Community Development Act of 1987
P.L. 100-242, 101 Stat. 1815-1964
Feb. 5, 1988
 

Excluded most increases in the earned income of a family residing in certain housing while participating in HUD demonstration projects authorized by section 126. Demonstration projects authorized for Charlotte, N.C. and 10 additional locations.
 

Wartime Relocation of Citizens
P.L. 100-383, 102 Stat. 903-910
Aug. 10, 1988
 

Excluded for FSP purposes as both income and resources the funds provided under this law to certain U.S. citizens of Japanese ancestry, resident Japanese aliens, and Aleuts.
 

Disaster Assistance Act of 1988
P.L. 100-387, 102 Stat. 924-960
Aug. 11, 1988
 

Excluded as income emergency assistance for migrants or seasonal farm workers provided while they are in the job stream and in the form of vendor payments.
Exempted migrants and seasonal farm workers from proration of benefits for breaks in certification of 30 days or less.
 

Hunger Prevention Act of 1988
P.L. 100-435, 102 Stat. 1645-1677
Sept. 19, 1988
 
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Technical Correction in the Family Independence Demonstration Project (FIP)
P.L. 100-481, 102 Stat. 2336
Oct. 11, 1988
 

Assured non FIP participants in FIP households a food stamp allotment that is no less than they would have received if there were no FIP demonstration.
 

Family Support Act
P.L. 100-485, 102 Stat. 2343-2428
Oct. 13, 1988
 

Excluded from income the value of any child care payments made under Title IV-A of the SSA, including transitional child care payments. (These are entitlement payments.)
 

Computer Matching and Privacy Protection Act of 1988
P.L. 100-503, 102 Stat. 2507-2514
Oct. 18, 1988
 

Required procedures to safeguard the rights of households that might suffer an adverse effect as the result of a computer match. Additional due process protections include requiring verification of the information from the match prior to reducing/stopping benefits and providing affected households 30 days to dispute the results of a match.
 

Technical Correction to the Hunger Prevention Act of 1988
P.L. 100-619, 102 Stat. 3198
Nov. 5, 1988
 

Changed the effective date for Section 344 of the Hunger Prevention Act (P.L. 100-435) (authority for the Secretary to levy a civil money penalty in lieu of permanent disqualification under certain conditions) to 10/1/88 rather than 7/1/89.
 

Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act
P.L. 100-707, 102 Stat. 4689-4715
Nov. 21, 1988
 

Excluded as income and resources Federal major disaster and emergency assistance provided to individuals and families under that Act and comparable disaster assistance provided by States, local governments, and disaster assistance organizations.
 

Last modified: 02/16/2012